[plug] Fluid damage to Laptop

[Andrew Furey]

On 9/11/06, Daniel Foote <freefoote at gmail.com> wrote:
> [snip]
> Mind the hair dryer for certain small plastic things.
>
> I have a mate with a PowerBook who wanted to clean the keys on the
> keyboard. He removed all the key tops, washed them, and laid them out
> to dry. After deciding that they were taking too long to dry, he used
> a hair dryer on them.

Why, what happened? Did they warp out of shape?

Andrew

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